Black Kites (1996)

Based on 1992 journals of Bosnian visual artist Alma Hajric who was forced into a basement shelter to survive the siege of Sarajevo Black Kites skillfully merges the realitybased content of her journal with interpretive visual material to reveal the simple sometimes beautiful yet brutal truth of her existence Nonlinear dreamlike and spectral Black Kites is a testament to artistry imagination and the resiliency of the human psyche Features sensitive performances by Steve Buscemi Mimi Goese and Mira Furlan a prominent actress from the former Yugoslavia as the narrator